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The Man in the Iron Mask: The sixth and final book in The D’Artagnan Romances - New Revised Edition - cover

The Man in the Iron Mask: The sixth and final book in The D’Artagnan Romances - New Revised Edition

Alexandre Dumas

Publisher: Publisher s23429

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Finally The New Revised Edition is Available!

The sixth and final book in The D’Artagnan Romances. Deep inside the dreaded Bastille, a twenty-three-year-old prisoner called merely "Philippe" has languished for eight long, dark years. He does not know his real name or what crime he is supposed to have committed. But Aramis, one of the original Three Musketeers, has bribed his way into the cell to reveal the shocking secret that has kept Philippe locked away from the world.


When Aramis, one of the three musketeers, discovers that the king of France has a twin brother, he plans a coup d’état in an attempt to secretly replace King Louis with his brother Philippe. Entrusting his secret plan to Porthos, Raoul, and D’Artagnan, the friends pit themselves against the power of the French monarchy.
The Man in the Iron Mask is the last volume of the D’Artagnan Romances, and has been published on its own and also as the final volume in the The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, a large novel that encompasses the four final D’Artagnan volumes. The story detailed in this volume inspired the 1998 film The Man in the Iron Mask starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeremy Irons.
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Available since: 03/14/2021.

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